Three cars shuttled through the bustling city of London, and I don't know how long it took, after the car turned a corner, I saw a huge red Chinese archway.

Wu Hongyi didn't stop, and drove the car directly to the street inside.

As soon as I entered, the surrounding environment suddenly changed, and a strong sense of familiarity came to my face.

The car drove slowly, and Xia Yu constantly observed everything outside through the window.

The shops on both sides of the road are decorated in a style full of Chinese culture, and the signs of each store are in the center of the Chinese characters, and a line of English is added below the Chinese characters.

Two big red lanterns are hung under the eaves at the entrance of each shop, and some of them are also pasted with red paper couplets at the door, and the words on them are dancing with dragons and phoenixes, which looks refreshing and pleasing to the eye.

Moreover, along the way, Xia Yu found that the shops on both sides of the road are large and small Chinese restaurants, supermarkets, barber shops, Chinese medicine stores, Chinese souvenir shops, and several Chinese-style archways, all of which convey a message to people, that is, this is the place where the Chinese are most concentrated.

After a while, Wu Hongyi's car stopped in a parking lot, and Xia Yu and others also parked.

Wu Hongyi walked in front of Xia Yu with a smile, and after Xia Yu looked around casually, he said: "This is Juelu Street, Westminster, London." ”

Xia Yu nodded lightly and said with some emotion: "It's more comfortable to feel like this." ”

"Haha, of course, you also know that we Chinese are nostalgic for the old, although we have moved here for so many years, there are some things that are deeply rooted in our bones that we can't forget. ”

Wu Hongyi nodded in agreement and explained with a smile.

"Indeed!"

Xia Yu bowed slightly, expressing his agreement.

"Let's go, let's go shopping, talk as we go!"

After Wu Hongyi finished speaking, Xia Yu and the others set off with him, and while walking, Wu Hongyi also introduced relevant information to Xia Yu.

"Xia Yu, in the past two hundred years, there are at least 500,000 overseas Chinese living in the UK, although they are all over the UK, but as long as there is a Chinatown, the connection between our Chinese cannot be broken, and Chinatown can be said to be the link between our Chinese. ”

"This Chinatown is the place with the largest concentration of Chinese in the whole of the United Kingdom, and it is also the largest gathering place for Chinese. ”

"But in the whole of Europe, London Chinatown may not be the largest and earliest, but it is definitely the 'most traditional Chinese taste' and 'the most lively' Chinatown in the whole of Europe. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Hongyi's tone unconsciously brought a sense of pride, which made Xia Yu have a good impression of him.

It can be seen from this that the young Wu Hongyi has a good family education, and he has a high degree of recognition for his Chinese identity and traditional Chinese culture, and he is not the yellow-skinned and white-hearted banana man in later generations, Xia Yu naturally has a better impression of him.

After all, in the final analysis, whether in his previous life or in this life, Xia Yu is proud of being a Chinese.

Walking and walking, Wu Hongyi stopped from time to time to introduce the surrounding shops to Xia Yu, and many Chinese shopkeepers greeted Wu Hongyi warmly, and Wu Hongyi also introduced Xia Yu and others.

Walking to the middle of the street, Xia Yu saw a pair of stone lions with a mighty appearance, cute appearance, and a very Chinese color standing quietly.

"Xia Yu, there are even stone lions here!"

Seeing this pair of stone lions, Li Qian couldn't help but say in surprise.

"This pair of stone lions was sent by the Chinese Embassy a year ago, and I heard that it was specially flown from the imperial capital, saying that it was a gift to commemorate the opening of a pedestrian area in Chinatown. ”

Wu Hongyi introduced in a timely manner.

Xia Yu raised his eyebrows, it was actually shipped from the imperial capital, or it was personally delivered by the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom, and it was placed in the very center of the entire Chinatown at this time, which means extraordinary!

Xia Yu couldn't help but approach to take a closer look, and sure enough, he saw a line of words at the foot of the stone pier of the stone lion.

"This pair of stone lions is really good for carving!"

After Xia Yu observed carefully, he sighed in admiration, and Li Qian leaned forward curiously to take a look.

"Really!"

"Let's go, keep going that way!"

After looking at it for a while, Xia Yu said and took Li Qian's hand and walked forward.

Unconsciously, Xia Yu and the others walked to the street, and when they first came in, the tall red archway appeared in front of them again.

And this time, without the roof blocking the view, Xia Yu has a more intuitive feeling for the red archway.

Carefully looking at this large archway full of traces of Chinese culture, Xia Yu was a little emotional.

I saw that this big archway is about six meters high, with red pillars and green tiles with gold edges, and a majestic atmosphere is coming.

On the two big red pillars of the big archway, there is a couplet with gold paint on a black background, which reads: "Lun Yan is far away from the British Emperor's Garden, Dunyi Keshao Han Tianwei; “

At the top of the archway, a banner is hung: London Chinatown, and there are words such as "wind and rain" and "national peace and security" on the left and right sides of the archway, expressing the sincere wishes of the Chinese people to the country and the place of residence.

"This big archway is very imposing!"

After a long time, Xia Yu came to a conclusion.

Wu Hongyi smiled, he was very happy about it, after all, their family made a lot of effort to make this big archway, Xia Yu praised this big archway, and also praised their Wu family on the side.

At this moment, a person walked out of the shop next to him and said loudly: "Second young master, you are here, why don't you stand at the door and not come in!"

"Uncle Chang, I brought my friends to go shopping, so I didn't inform you. ”

Wu Hongyi said with a smile.

Xia Yu turned around and looked at the person who was talking to Wu Hongyi, only to see that it was an old man in his fifties who was wearing a Tang costume and full of energy, and at this time he was nodding to Xia Yu and the others with a kind smile on his face.

"Xia Yu, this is Li Hongchang, the old housekeeper of our family. ”

"Uncle Chang, this is Xia Yu, next to him is his girlfriend Li Qian, and his three friends Yan Shining, Hou Sheng and Li Wuming, they just came from Xiangjiang not long ago, and now they live next to me, I will take them to Chinatown today. ”

Wu Hongyi introduced each other.

"Hello Uncle Chang!"

Xia Yu had a very good attitude, and called Li Hongchang like Wu Hongyi, and Li Qian and others also greeted Li Hongchang one after another.

"Hello! I didn't expect you to come from Xiangjiang, and there are new compatriots here, okay, please come inside, don't stand!"

Li Hongchang was full of smiles, and he was very enthusiastic to invite Xia Yu and others to the store.

"Xia Yu, go in, this restaurant is in my name, and now it is managed by Uncle Chang. ”

Wu Hongyi explained with a smile.

Xia Yu raised his eyebrows, and looked up at the shop in front of him when he walked, decorated in a classical atmosphere, with a fiery red color, and a signboard with "Phoenix Building" written on it.

It is a Chinese restaurant.

"Good name, atmosphere!"

Xia Yu praised, the name is indeed very atmospheric, and the decoration also complements the name, on the outside, you can also see the size of the store, just the front view can determine the length of the restaurant is at least twelve meters, high in three floors.

In addition, this restaurant is the first store at the entrance of Chinatown, and the location is very good, and such a large store in the center of London must be worth a lot of money!

Considering that Wu Hongyi said that it was in his name just now, then his identity is worth pondering.

"Haha, please inside!"

Hearing Xia Yu's praise, Wu Hongyi was very happy, and made a gesture of invitation to Xia Yu and the others.

"Let's go!"

Xia Yu also politely made a gesture of please, and then walked in side by side with Wu Hongyi.